Ros Altmann

The proposed timetable to increase state pension age for women to 66 by 2020 will have unfair and disproportionate consequences for up to half a million women, Saga warns.

The Bank of England must increase interest rates this week to protect pensioners from the effects of high inflation, Ros Altmann says.

Pension Action Group members have begun a letter writing campaign over the RPI/CPI switch which will reduce their Financial Assistance Scheme payments.

More than 2 million people who are already over the age of 50 will reach their 100th birthday, latest Department for Work and Pensions analysis reveals.

The government has hit problems with the reform of the state pension due to contracting-out complications and will now delay releasing its planned consultation, Ros Altmann says.

Government plans to scrap the default retirement age are "not fit for purpose" and should be delayed by a year, the Confederation of British Industry says.

Some 40 members of a scheme whose employer became insolvent may not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund, due to a technicality in the Pensions Act 2004, Ros Altmann says.

Long-term low interest rates are damaging pensions and will cause another financial crash, Ros Altmann warns.

Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, has slammed Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean after he encouraged people to spend their savings to boost the economy.

Policy adviser Ros Altmann is set to join the Saga Group in the newly-created role of director general at the start of October.